Crowded Daecheon beach in Boryeong People enjoy the waves at Daecheon beach, one of South Korea’s famous beaches in the western coastal city of Boryeong, 176 kilometers southwest of Seoul on June 13, 2021, when the daily high reached 30 C degrees, in this photo provided the Boryeong city government. (Yonhap)
First lady visits museum South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (2nd from R) looks at a piece of armor and a helmet from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna on June 14, 2021. (Yonhap)
Anniversary of June 10 uprising A portrait of the late student activist Park Jong-cheol is hung on the wall of a room, meant to pay tribute to Park, at the Democracy and Human Rights Memorial Hall in Seoul on June 10, 2021, the 34th anniversary of the June 10, 1987, democratization movement. Park died from torture on Jan. 14, 1987, while being interrogated by police who were cracking down on the massive wave of demonstrations demanding the country’s democratization. Room 509 of the former police torture facility, where Park was tortured to death, was transformed into a memorial hall of democracy and human rights. (Yonhap)
Deliverymen go on strike Unionized deliverymen hold a rally to resolve a strike at a logistics center in Seoul on June 9, 2021, as negotiations for better working conditions ruptured. (Yonhap)
Vegans’ rally A vegan wearing a mask of a fish is caught in a net, as members of the Korea Vegan Union hold a rally in Seoul on June 8, 2021, to call for people to go vegan as part of efforts to improve their health and the marine environment and to mark World Ocean Day that fell the same day. (Yonhap)
Snorkeling off Jeju IslandTourists snorkel in waters near a port in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name on June 7, 2021. (Yonhap)
Jongmyo tablets moved for repair work Officials move 49 spirit tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty from Jongmyo Shrine in central Seoul to the nearby Changdeok Palace on June 5, 2021, to repair a pavilion housing them at the royal shrine. (Yonhap)
Gatekeepers at palace People dressed in traditional raincoats, called “dorongi” in Korean, stand guard in front of the central gate of Gyeongbok Palace, one of the royal residences from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), in Seoul on June 3, 2021, as rain fell in the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)
Harvesting sun-dried salt This aerial view shows workers collecting sun-dried salt at a salt field in Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 2, 2021, for the first time this year. (Yonhap)
